Restaurant Style Chilly Chicken

                

Chilly chicken is one of the most popular Chinese dishes available. Due to its widespread popularity it may be considered as a local dish rather than a foreign one with n number of textures, flavours and even colours varying from location to location.Mostly preferred with fried rice , Noodles and even with Indian breads and equally liked by all ages. In spite of being an easy to cook recipe, this dish still remains mostly a restaurant item .This is my humble attempt to make this dish a homely item!!! Wishing you all a happy cooking in this festive season...

 

Ingredients:-

Boneless chicken pieces                                                 - 500 gm

 

For marinating

 

·         All purpose flour (Maida)                                             - 1 tsp

·         Corn flour                                                                      - 1 tbsp

·         Egg                                                                                - 1

·         Red chilly powder ( Kashmiri chilli powder)               -  ½ tsp

·         Pepper powder                                                              - 1 tsp

·         Tomato Sauce                                                                - 1 tbsp

·         Vinegar                                                                          - 1 tbsp

·         Salt to taste

 

Method  of marination:- 

 

Mix all the ingredients in a bowl .

Marinate chicken pieces and keep it aside for at least ½ an hour.

 
Ingredients for Preparation:-

·         Ginger finely chopped                                                   - 1 tsp

·         Garlic finely chopped                                                     - 1 tbsp

·         Onion, cut into cubes                                                     - 3

·         Capsicum/Bell Pepper, cut into cubes                           - 1 medium

·         Tomato Sauce                                                                   - 2 tbsp

·         Chilli Sauce                                                                      - 1 tbsp

·         Soya sauce                                                                        - 1 tbsp.

       Red Orange Colour                                                          - a pinch

·         Green chillies cut into diagonal strips                              - 2

·         Spring Onion cut diagonally                                            - a bunch

·         Any sunflower oil                                                             - 2 tbsp

·         Oil for frying chicken pieces

Method of Preparation

      Heat oil in a non stick pan, fry chicken pieces and keep them aside.

 

 

      Heat 2 tbsp oil in a non stick pan and sauté finely chopped ginger and garlic.

      Add onion cut into cubes. Add salt to taste.

      Add Capsicum pieces and sauté well for 2 min.

      Add tomato sauce, chilli sauce soya sauce and red orange colour..

      Mix well and add green chillies strips.

      Add fried chicken pieces and mix well.

      Garnish with spring onion and serve hot with fried rice , nan or chappathi.